SIGHTING: WEST VIRGINIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"Taking a smoke break about 10:00am. clear bright sky with several contrails typical of the morning flights that cross west virginia. observed two planes coming from the northeast at moderate altitude making contrail. both planes were clearly visible and one had four engines which is rare these days. their paths were going to cross so i watched to see the intersection. after they crossed i followed them to the southwest. i observed another plane also making contrail traveling due south. then i observed another object traveling west-southwest at a much lower altitude (apx. 5000 feet)not making a contrail that i at first thought was another airplane. this object was cylindrical or cigar shaped and was brightly lit by the sun. i could not see any wings on this object even as the sun angle changed. i could clearly see the wings of all three other aircraft that were at much higher altitudes. object seemed to be unusually slow compared to the higher aircraft. the only distinguishing feature was a somewhat less reflective area at the midsection. the object continued in a straight line to the west-southwest until obscured by buildings."